From: whit3rd on
On Apr 21, 1:13 pm, Adam Funk <a24...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

> > I haven't yet tried to explain to my daughter that when I was
> > her age that flip-flops were electronic circuits.

and that the output is a Q (queue) and is thus compatible with
a holding pen...
From: legg on
On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:48:09 -0700 (PDT), Rich Grise on Google groups
<richardgrise(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

>On Apr 21, 4:57�pm, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...(a)On-My-
>Web-Site.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:31:50 -0400, PeterD <pet...(a)hipson.net> wrote:
>> >On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:13:55 +0100, Adam Funk <a24...(a)yahoo.com>
>> >wrote:
>>
>> >>glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:
>>
>> >>> And when was it that the beach wear started to be called flip-flops?
<snip>
>
>In the 1960's, those foam rubber sandalish things were called "shower
>shoes." ;-)
>
>Cheers!
>Rich

Actually, they were (also) called 'thongs', refering to the toe-wedge.
It would also be misunderstood, nowadays.

RL
From: Adam Funk on
glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:

> And when was it that the beach wear started to be called flip-flops?
>
> I haven't yet tried to explain to my daughter that when I was
> her age that flip-flops were electronic circuits.


http://xkcd.com/730/

(just SW of the arena)


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From: Tim Williams on
"legg" <legg(a)nospam.magma.ca> wrote in message
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> Actually, they were (also) called 'thongs', refering to the toe-wedge.
> It would also be misunderstood, nowadays.

"Jesus took off his thongs and..."

"Whoa, Jesus was progressive, but I didn't know he was *that*
progressive..."

Tim

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From: krw on
On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:13:55 +0100, Adam Funk <a24061(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

>glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:
>
>> And when was it that the beach wear started to be called flip-flops?
>>
>> I haven't yet tried to explain to my daughter that when I was
>> her age that flip-flops were electronic circuits.
>
>
>http://xkcd.com/730/
>
>(just SW of the arena)

Looks like a flux capacitor due west.